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    Quote Originally Posted by Abby08 View Post
    Leave a window open just a little, they'll get in, they'll go in through the pet door, they can open almost anything, with their little hands.

    My daughter and her fiance, didn't encounter raccoons while camping near Cochise's stronghold, in Arizona, they had coatimundi, in the car, going after the donuts....lol..

    I didn't know we had coatimundi in the US. We used to kill them in Panama.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    Too true.
    I'm not allowed to visit the local humane society shelter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I didn't know we had coatimundi in the US. We used to kill them in Panama.
    Yeah, you don't see them very often, I've seen one live one and, an adult and young ones, dead in the road, since I've lived here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I'm not allowed to visit the local humane society shelter.
    I, won't, go in. Too many hopeful faces.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abby08 View Post
    I, won't, go in. Too many hopeful faces.
    I’m a sucker for all of them. If I could, I’d take every dog there.

    I’m opposed to the death penalty, but people who mistreat a dog don’t deserve to live.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I had a package of dog treats in the console of my new truck. I left the back sliding window open. A raccoon climbed in and tore up some upholstery trying to get those dog treats. I've never had one get inside my house.

    I used to to have a huge Alaskan Malamute. She liked to sleep outside on the deck. At night she'd roam the yard and kill opossum when they passed through. One night I heard her making a fuss, so I got up to see what was going on. She went after a raccoon and couldn't take care of that like she did the opossum. The next morning when I went outside, there were clumps of her fur all over the back yard. That thick fur was the only thing that saver her from getting shredded by that raccoon.


    When I see them, I pop them with a pellet rifle to scare them off.
    That's odd. My 20 odd pound Shiba Inu could pick up a full-grown racoon and shake it over his head. He terrorized racoons (and cats) being both fast and strong. We'd hear blood-curdling screams from the backyard and sure enough the Shiba was either screaming at the prey (it's what they do) or the prey was being killed. We were unable to save one racoon, but we saved all the cats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    That's odd. My 20 odd pound Shiba Inu could pick up a full-grown racoon and shake it over his head. He terrorized racoons (and cats) being both fast and strong. We'd hear blood-curdling screams from the backyard and sure enough the Shiba was either screaming at the prey (it's what they do) or the prey was being killed. We were unable to save one racoon, but we saved all the cats.
    Maybe my Malamute wasn’t a fighter? She hated opossum though. Every morning there’d be a dead opossum in my back yard. I’d pet her and say “good girl”.

    Before her I had a border Collie. The coons used to kick his ass, but he always went after them. He never backed down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    Maybe my Malamute wasn’t a fighter? She hated opossum though. Every morning there’d be a dead opossum in my back yard. I’d pet her and say “good girl”.

    Before her I had a border Collie. The coons used to kick his ass, but he always went after them. He never backed down.
    Shiba's are not more than 50% domesticated, so they take hunting and territory very seriously, although they don't attack anything on the street or people, nor do they bark much. People who buy them are warned about this hunting propensity. They are considered one of the spitz breeds but they are actually the oldest breed of domesticated dog. Malemutes are considered to be spitz but are actually wolf-dog hybrids with the personality bred to favor the dog side. However, the wolf part of them needs training to be good hunters. Opossums feign death when they are afraid. If the predator doesn't buy the ruse or it's really looking for a meal, it's a bad strategy because they are easy prey when playing dead.


    If you look at a Shiba and a New Guinea singing dog, they look almost exactly alike except for the tail curl in the Shiba.


    New Guinea Singing Dog


    Japanese Shiba Inu

    The tail curl is actually the sign of domestication.
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    I love that show. I cannot work in an animal shelter.
    I did once then I stole a dog.

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    The wife and I have watched Pitbulls and Parolees for about as long as it's been on, and never miss it. My only problem with the show is the people who drive from places like Maine or California or New Jersey to a shelter in Louisiana to adopt a dog. Villalobos is not the only shelter in the country that rescues and adopts out pitbulls (and many of their dogs are not even pits or pit mixes). I always want to ask the family that drove from Arizona or Utah, "There aren't any dogs that need homes in your state?" But of course if you did that, you wouldn't be seen on a nationally broadcast t.v. program. Okay, that's the cynical/negative part of my post. Moving on...

    When I got home on March 15th, after not being here for 67 days, my Gemma went crazy. It was like one of those "dog greets service member coming back from overseas" videos. I was sitting on the sofa, and she flew across the room and wiggled and rubbed against me, every once in a while just turning her head and staring into my eyes like she couldn't believe I was really there. When you're a constant in a pet's life from a very early age, going away for an extended time must be very confusing and disorienting for them. Imagine what it must be like for a family pet of many years to suddenly be abandoned, in a shelter or worse. Dogs being abused or neglected is one of those things I have to consciously avoid thinking about at bedtime, or I won't get much sleep.
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